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[_Turning._] No, no--not yet, Harry. [_Coming to the table and taking up
the box of cigarettes._] Why, you forget--[_offering him the box_]
Argyropulos!
QUEX.
[_Accepting a cigarette reluctantly._] Thanks. [_Again looking at the
clock._] Well--three minutes.
DUCHESS.
[_Taking a cigarette, replacing the box, and holding the spirit lamp
while he lights his cigarette from it._] You were not always so
impatient. [_In lighting his cigarette, the flame of the lamp is blown
out._] Ah! [_After replacing the lamp, she lights her cigarette from
his, gazing into his eyes._] Argyropulos. [_Dreamily._] Once
more--Argyropulos.
QUEX.
Yes, yes--capital tobacco.
[_He gets away from her._
DUCHESS.
And look! you see, Harry?
QUEX.
[_Turning._] Eh?
DUCHESS.
[_Pointing to the bottle of champagne._] "F�lix Poubelle, Carte d'Or"!
[_Taking up the scissors which she has left upon the table._] The wire
is already severed.
[_She commences to cut the string. He comes to her._
QUEX.
[_Taking the scissors from her._] Oh, permit me.
[_Always intent upon avoiding her, he moves away, the bottle in his
hand, cutting the string._
DUCHESS.
[_Following him._] Is it likely to make a loud report?
QUEX.
Hardly.
DUCHESS.
[_Frowning censoriously._] One doesn't want a sound of that sort to ring
through the corridors. [_Looking about her impatiently._] These formal,
frigid rooms!
[_She runs lightly into the bedroom, snatches a pillow from the bed, and
returns to him._
QUEX.
[_His hand upon the cork._] What is that for?
DUCHESS.
[_Enveloping his hand and the bottle in the pillow--calmly._] It is
wiser to muffle it.
[_He pauses, looking at her fixedly._
QUEX.
[_In a low, grave voice._] Dolly--
DUCHESS.
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